Dreams by Cecilia Knight

DreamsCecilia Knighti’m three months postpartumand i’m dreaming againnot the kind you get when you’re asleepwhat is sleep anyway?the kind you get when you’re awakewhen your eyes are openand you feel alivethe kind of dreams that remind youof your firei say hello to themand they feel like a long lost friendthat you meet up with in an empty parking lotat 5am to watch the sunriseand talk about what life will be likewhen you finally leave this townthey feel like octoberthey feel like the bonfirei can hear the wood crackingi can smell the hay bale im sitting onthe beanie im wearingmakes my forehead itchybut my best friend is sitting next to meand just offered me his jacketso i forget about it for a whilethey feel like im standing in the front rowat my favorite singer’s concertjumping up and downscreaming the words toeverysinglesongthey feel like no one can touch methey feel like my son will never go wantingthey feel like something worth huntingand nothing can stop men o t h i n gMore from Cecilia Knight ↓@ceciliaknightpoems on InstagramHer book, The Burning Pages, is available now.Listen to me read Treasures by Cecilia on Instagram @rembrandts.cure.Mentioned in this episode:Write After with One Poem OnlyWrite After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice. If you want to join: Listen to a poem from the month of April on One Poem Only, then write your own in response. I will pick one for each day to read in June for a special series: One Poem After 🍎🍏 Submissions close May 15.Write After Submissions Form